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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fanciful” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
fanciful164394(None) 
factful1536372fa_ctful
fancifully2152832fancifully
fancify1834982fancif_y
antiflu1046683_antiflu
antifur1047493_antifur
baneful1237893ban_eful
canful11610263can__ful
cansful1236833can_sful
chanceful1942763chanceful
facial113615633fa_ci_al
faithful1743383faithful
fancied133310603fanci_ed
fancier123412063fanci_er
fanciers13358083fanciers
fancies124018783fanci_es
fanciest133612713fanciest
fancified1865793fancified
fancifies1767083fancifies
fancily1538253fanci_ly
farcical1546953farcical
fascial1258303fasci_al
fascicule1643063fascicule
fasciculi1652013fasciculi
fateful1397513fa_teful
faucial1257323fauci_al
forceful1644603forceful
francium1545623franci_um
handful14127253han_dful
handsful1544083handsful
manful11610213man__ful
merciful1543493merciful
panful1179743pan__ful
rackful1645873ra_ckful
sackful1645353sa_ckful
tactful1236163ta_ctful
tankful1445163tan_kful
watchful1943753watchful

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162387.19020328.5
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.62323441.0
 
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